As usual, seeing earth-moving equipment on a big piece of vacant land on North Albany Road has prompted questions on Facebook and elsewhere: What’s going to be built there?
There is good news for Albany drivers worried about the photo radar or speed cameras that will be installed soon at two intersections, including one on North Albany Road.
Two members of the Albany City Council seem to have second thoughts about the new speed and red-light cameras the city intends to have installed.
According to the Albany Police Department’s speed trailer, North Albany Road near Quarry Road was a sometime speedway during the last week of July 2023.
When Pacific Power wanted to install three voltage regulators on North Albany Road in 2019, then Mayor Sharon Konopa objected to the installation’s appearance. Now there’s another issue: They don’t work.
Thursday night was one of those occasions where the new road cameras at Highway 20 and Spring Hill Drive might have been helpful — if drivers had looked at them before setting out.
More details about traffic camera timeline
Additional details have emerged about the timing of Albany’s project to start or step up photo enforcement of traffic laws at four intersections.
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